The Sun. — London, England, 1808-03-17 00:00:00

....i •-nfo, , • r (1 in war with France, and marttaitiete % a. l a rge artily for the purposes of that I,v:tie - still no assistance was, required by him 'from Britain,. nerwas any giveq bk'Britain to him. ' -But a. case had-recently aris4n l in which the -King. .of Sweden was tallesieuPOOencst.: ()lily to make peace . with' France, but further to •take e apart in the war against Britain. This proposition -. the King of Sweden decidedly'-ejeetcl, andehus he teas exposed ea-danger, which our-assistance was nee luired to repel. Under these - etre l o l o o 97se, jP"el Would be fele tl 1 - ii t -we were bound by every political sad moral consideration to atford the assieeence that:. tvateecessary.; and as he was sure' these were thaw feelings that animated every British breast, .lestecettsed reived it .wotild be, only requi 3 ite - for him to - state . tlets..e ' fatits,end to'inove, hi 4 Resolutions.- 'lt May certainiye ' be 'objetiecl, Abet" this subsidy wee .to enable lhe 1 King: Of Sweden 19 .e: de . fend his .nun dominions, whereas all former - subsidies were to engage -thief: I'D VeTS 'to whom' they were g ranted , 'to offensive' operations beytindeh t sieown froutiers... But wbene , . by the fidelity of the King of Sweden to the conituotre . cause, and. his adherence to 'the spirit and principlie . that had given. rise to the several alliances against` France, had brought him from Offensive operations ' to the necessity of defeading. his .own ; dominions, lie hoped it' would be felt -that there - was no less reason • for giving aid and co-operation. If Gentle men would: look back to the period of the St:4Na Years War, which affonled so tatisfaelnry a re , trove& in many, other views, they weeld find that the subsidy, then granted to. Prussia, was to enable : that Power to defend its own territory against invasion. It had been thought necess•ity, • m common cases of subsidy, . to stipulate for the employment of certain numbers of troops iu cer tain situations. But- it was thought idle. at that time to clog the , King of r Prussia with conditi4iii; *very object of which would be much better pro vided for by the paramount . obligetiou and interest to use his utmost, exertions for . his own safety.and deliverance. an the Same 'principle it was .now thought best to enter into a simple engagementoof„ subsidy with Sweden, to :the .amount :that was thought most consistent with propriety. ; Belt there Was this difference in the present proceeding, that 'whereas the whole sum stipulaiedhad been paid to. Prussia in the outset, it was in the:present caee tof ite pakk by monthly instalments. This arrangement Was made in order to afford *security against the Payment of the money, beyond the 'period when it coul.l no longer be useful, or necessary for 'the pure PtAtti for which iv was granted. Having said-• thus ninth, it remained for him only. to exhort the House to. agree to a Resolution to enable his eMas ' Jetty to make. good engagementieetered into oli grounds of such strongand clear 'necessity.. Of the `hole sum of 1e200,0001. stipulated far the year, 100,0001. had been advanced out Of. the 'Vote , of Credit. He moved, that the remaining '1,100,0001. be advanced, to enable ' his Majesty to snake good the engagements entered into, by his Majesty with the King of Sweden. Mr. IVILITBRE.11), conceiving that the Resolue lion was to be put-in the shapp-of an Address to his I'Vtajestv, had prepared an. Amendment, with a view, to . 'rectird certain opinions of hit. He would now inciVe what he had drawn up'as a' Separate Address; after the Rehelution should be dimptised at. It was spot hi's ihciiition to eppesa the RP§Ootion : but in .tentidering the ground s a nd ergumocits on. Whicki:thie' ItUbselyewaerecommended, he-could not help thinite ing it too much to apply the trids&dfidelity so ex.. Ousively to SWeden. A,eatria 'ad been equally faith -, ul, and so, perhops," had :some other Powers also,. ,( ~,Ii allowed, 'under ell the eirctinistances, that this (onntry was irresistihly called upon to advance this 'money to Sweden.' Fle allowed it was bast to .grant ,the money, without- any stipulation for military et ertton. He thought :larthet;- that Sweden ought to. .be encouraged t o mak e peace, 'and if it should even be made a benditioteofehat peeetllliat ' she Stibedel Join in the confederacy:against ne, that was a etinsi deratien 'for her, and . not for e us e ' He.. therefore, - condemned •exceedingly ' the stiptilatien which elti- bli'red either of the Coutreeting klarties 'froth cone' dueling peace without the consent otithe other. It WaS for ha advantage of Britaie that Swe'lefl shOteld! teeke pe a C e wiiii-France as noon as isossible; and yet there was in this treaty an express stieulation foreign 1 0 that object. 'lt Might be said the. stipaletion , troulei be of no avail if the opportunity or the; iieces- PY Of 'flaking peace should arise. &it to make en gagenients bti such principles; and Witli''sticlrele WA, waS to bring all the engagements of Stetes into con f!tript. . lii the laSt-war.,engagemeota waste • entered ihto with the King of Sardinia, contaiping provisions .sinsilar to this, for a joint negotiation for peace,' of ,Which peaces the restoration of every foot of the Icing , • ~ : i. f Sardinia's flominions'sii6uld be an indispensable . otelit ion. ' Yet it soo n be c am e - n eC essar y t o a b so l v e liatVinia, and to a ll ow that Power to make a sepal: Peace. Thist principle, of joint peace was found grea t i m e.....e. . ~ reennent in the negotiation at Amiens. tY it would '{)l.' . . he l it atioli .. , M :every negotiation,' and'he-had no .„ sti• a d e i sed '',`? iiq', that the King was exceedingly to ..rnaking it. The poparate article al . i P t liatect - for . ail auxiliary force toe be furnished by Britain. Rumours had been abroad of prepare.- , titenS t o send a 'Luke . force in cOmpli:ince with this pulati stioe ; and these rumours were now:eupersecl by others of an opposite nature. lesiva, not for bitn to say, ".high of these rumours were, entitled to ccredit; btu thinking, as he did,' it , was most prudent o bring about, it possible, a peace between Sweden • ecued France, he.t doubted the utility of sending out a.. Ilritish Army. , It Any Concerted. military/Qin:ration .' were looked to, he wets surprised there.was 'noisome ' FiPulaticiu regulating. .the disposal of the Se4diiiii elotilla: ' ;He was al 4il '' 1 li - ''' . °Li. " " y43 ` a 4i:11u1-prise( no rov4Sl ':'made me this pecaiiiim for the, junalop of . Sweden in , those measures of carnimei•eial regulation which'forni ' ed so essential a' part of ihe war system oh Abe present' PoVertMlent. These regulations .were of UP oak' titiless Swcden joined fully in'the execution-of them.: t ie'thouAiir, as the Subsidy was to - be - paid monthly, it ought to he left to Parliament to vote, trooi time. , to tune as occasion should Arise. He proceeded to. state ti substance of the Address he meant to pro-. Pos.., which beginning with -stating the readiness ; of his l iiajeSty's,.l4itliful_COMmons to take such steels as were best calculated to fulfill all engagements en.; 'lrred into by his Majesty, 'wont au- to wite;partieur! , - ar lf, all the peculiarities of opinion upon the pvo-: .iih.olvi of the 'l'reaty expressed by the liott.,Gthltk --tzau in hiss peech. - '-. ' . .41/r. St.T'retotey CefiVRNG . Said,. that theoeh from a rCQ~y MOM (rll pe, o lllllg 01_ WZ ctigat s rcci - ight to res r ei % veili; tliisuntrj, tier)r,,aer oi - discon'- inningthe payment °Ohl jetl)lidy in case of. any ;,veurth" at would render it unavailing towards the '' f e tttliii64 'ern "the • gronrid - o': - wifteli 4 , w its , granted, it , k 2‘4l3 , ld:tietilie reaper?. ful tawartit the ;King _ol:S wts-;, `de'n;, i (fa ; n:take every instatmnf the subjetit . i nf par 4-.. .cull - r ii,4d'dis,tin& discussion: As to the Otter obsei vatiA" "tifilii - . 146'n . • ; Gen tletian; lie &intended, it would ildvabeettAintbiseiind impolitic toipursue a colitlt.4,E4l,c4ateik to, Aspi re- despoedeucy,at, a : time . , when ; vigorous exertion atift lithcleteiininatiOn` were the objett, the intel'efft; and the duty of both' par ties. : He , wets -fiir. . iron,' thielting it tight to pledge :Britain to en unlimited support ,of Sweden,,ender, sta cireuthstanees.`lCweig 'atwaya.competentle stop when it should be felt that-we ought to go no further. Bei ..tai4, Would Certainly* not insist on 'Sweden holding outifitbe could Make a-Sep/rale peace with honour ancLasbantage.• The obligationAncetnade teciprocal, !that: it, may'riot tieoffensivu.-to Sweden.. It. Britain 'ctitild,makeiti ddVantageous peace: jot = ,Sweden, the, coffer amounted to a discharge of the,obligatiott. He hoped the HoUse would Vote the subsidyeheerfulty, 'arid . thaetht. , effe6f 4 Of'it - Would not- be checked by, theAddreili - proposed by the Hon. Gentleman— ' .31P . : P OA S 0 A lii' thonglit it would have been, beg' iqadiance the whole sum, at once, and .direct „Sweden'tii '"appl , 'it to the pitrchase of a telerable or. even a bad peaceaither than, ine.nCe.that- Power, by tritititilly instalMeets, to perseVete to. the consumma,- nefrof that systerft Yiliith always tended to .the ag grandisement of France and the ruin of our Allies.. Even if SWeden should be engaged in relu&ant co operation against Britain; that would be better than the hostileoccupation of S.,,Veden by the French.— lie hoped.no•Briti ! ';ll l Army - would be sent to be over- Whelmed by the force Which France, Denmark, and Russia, credit • t hrow 'into 'Sweden. He complained that no prevision was made for the employment of the.Swedi its flotilla, which, for every purpose con, neeted , with the ii , teresti'of Britain, was the hest . part of the Swedish torce: ' Mr: Sect-eta . ry -CANNING 'was satisfied,- that if the whole Subsidy liaii been paid at once; that pr 0.... ceding would have . been made much more itist m.rter of blame. • With resie:l to the other 'points.. put by the Right Hon. Gentleman, it was plain how.' improper it would be tor him to say anything on their!, eithei, in assent or in'disseitt. The. ,object of ', the Treaty was to enable Sweden !t) d .tend herself. The course the King of Sweden pursued was . pointed out by his own feelings and principli•s, o'ithuut any " instigation or act. ioeun our part : . h:s perseverance and fidelity in the public' vacua wee the more meritori ous, because they were purely voluntary. , Britain was not houn&by the stipulation for jo:ut peace. to , make her peace depeildt,nt oii Sweden ; the spirit of the obligation was to make no peace without taking care o(;S4NeCien: ' • MO.' PONSONBY thought it wo&.1 ~,--'be, , t,. if it could.he practicaWe,, to pay half a miliioo for a peace between . Swedeu and France, rather titan con tinuo+ deattuaive .war..., Re . believed the Right Hon. Gentleman did nor materially differ with him on this, any more than on seine other bnaterial points. He Was glad to find there was no disposition to instigate Sweden to the steps she 'i now taking Vie SBORRTARy at 11 1 4 a tired the c a se of . Portugal ) to prove that. no purch ase d peace cou ld atior4 security against the arbitrary proceedings of vatiar - Portugal had repeatedly purehased her neutrality, yet. 'after all that country was seized and - subdued by Suonaparte, ,As long as Sweden could defend herself, irwas an advantage to Britain as well is'to herielf to enable ' her to hold out, Lord E. PE7 l TY•withed the money to be given to His Majesty's Ministers in the shape of a vote of credit; to bts by them applied •according a s they should fibd it necessary and proper to make the atlvances. 'the right of'either party to• make peace, ought to have been kept perfealy ffee‘ , It the .Orders in Council were to bethe law, it was essential to . take the best measures for their. complete execution, If ,Sweden did not fully adopt tbe, , provisions adopted there, :the,produce of. the French. Colonies would be 'brought from America to the Swedish ports, and thence distributed over the Continent„ He had great .satisfitaion4n.thiliking that this money,was,adveeced to Sweden 'merely for, the -purpose Of defending her self and procuring peace,' and not for the purpose.of .exciting. useless and destrative wars... , The Ci - JANCELLOR W.' the -.E XCHEQUI4M said, it was vsatisfaaion, to hint and his lleagues to find that die Hop. Gentlemen opposite dilfeied as irtuch from each other as. they did from himand his .friends, :respeoting the• rnocke.in. ;which.. this:subsidy was to be granted. ,If Sweden should. come to.s.be I..lable 1:5 resist France,. then it would, not-he proper OA she Should . enjoy ,ttie subsidy.:, He:felt it right , to, obs;erve •the saute, caution that his Bight Hon. Friend did, as to the .circamstances in ;which the Contracting Patties may,rnako a separate peace ; and also on some other ,poinfA of a delicate ) Datum, — With rope wine, 9rders in Couneil,..his.Sweclisli M4jesty fittd . gititen,assura:icei of his.. concurrence in she general principle ; but the details could not be submitted to him , for. ,equivalent arrangement till they should be. first, settled, here. •• • ~. ,41;1r.. W. SNITH argued. for the propriety - of crier,- fea coincidence in the point of commerilial :restric tions, and censured Alto exclusive stipulation fora .. . . - joint peace. . :Mr. Witiratiamo . repeated his argiunent* fir _specific engagements, on the •head of the ,coinnaier ,cial regidations. . ~ • , - - •:. - Nr., Smolt and Mr CAVNING explained, ' . ' . .The Resolution was passed mot. eon. The Report .tio,be received, to-morrow. • , ~' ~ ,Nlr.W li 1T814,4A LI Oen moved his Address, which Was negatived without a division., . . The ct.tAticuLtoa ,a the ..EXCHROUTII4 havitig : moved ,that .the. House.. should resolve itself into a Committee- ;on the... Bork . Exportation • • Prohibitiou Bill.. , - , Mr. IPH 11'1311E4D- repeated his objeetions to the Bill, vinult he 624'M - tensed nar aimost abomina ble , ttleaSure, calculated to hold the Country up to oniversid execration. It Was the tir3t attv,mpt mina on the Statute Book any of those ideas which evident 7 ly, shewed rho moral ellaraae.r of England had been padtuilly deteriorating. One of those. ideas Waq' that . intaolou3 one,. that in cose of an iroasioli no swatter shou4l be given to the I.'reneh, but that 11)4 -,ifottld be till massacred,. or confined fur lite to votk in tolueb or coal-pitai The object of the Bill was 'the old otla in the Vire4t tieftutities of -13,4 k _were on the Continent, and t ne t'eaj a-. Parisian RIM-CUMM UP snow WILL var K * a 03 , 401 - lest in price there than had been stated.,by !be Right Honourab:e Gentleman opposite.-- 7 i There were, - in this Country, above' a million of pounds of bark, which, in another sense of the Word, bad become a mere " drug," - and n it was im- Possible to sell it on any terms whatever. This bark fiad been imported under license , . from Government. Several persons had invested their whole:property in this article, and 'bad, in, a right to call on his Majesty's Miuisters to require Coat the public Oliould take it all into their hands. Were they to be consumed_ for the purpose of carrying into , execu- . tied the veneatice of the country ? Were they to' be tfea'iM as shells, the explosion of which involved their OWn.destruction ? The Bill united in itself detestable cruelty with absurd fully. He therefore opposed - the Speaker's leaving the Chair. . Sir C. PRICE defended the policyof the mea sure, and contended that was perfeetly justitiable„,, as a mode of warfare. To his certain knOwledge, yello'W'harit - bad been purchased in London at i05.,1 per lb. and after having paid 3O per. cent. insurance hid:sold for a ' . Considerable profit In France.' The Withholdingof this articlemust give a facility to the •• introduction a our manufglures, and in this point Of view the ine4nre vas most humane, as, it, tended to relieve the:distresses of our manufaBurers. The op-; . pesition to this' measure Was . part 'of that systematic . plan of thwarting the measurrs of Government, so undevititingly pursued by the Hon. Gentlemen op posite, who, in.' addition to their proceedings ,in the . House, bad, by letters and otherwise, instigated the . pre'sentation of Petitions for Peace, &c. Mr. A. I'd Yr.,OR aiked what right the- Hon, Alderman accused any Member of a disposition to thwartille measures of Government. Such an in- .. sinuatiUn should never deter him from express ing * his sentiments on any , Bill that might besubmitted to • the consideration ot; the House. This Bill contain .ed a. proposition Most degrading to the Country, namely,• to carry our hostility lino the' chambers of the sick. • He- denied . that any. attempt ' had t.een made on his side of, the House to Promote petitions for peace; ota : the „coetrafy, they had discouraged • • such pefitions..., Who had . endeuveured to thwart the ii asure's-pf Government so touch as‘the. Right . . Heti' Ilt1441131) his friends, when . they were t ... , • . a nti , on the Oppositien. Benches ? He fancied that the , 'inennknieoeies to which 'the Right Hon. Gentle- I, Men Were sohj.-tied, must' Make thent regret • that - i' they had not f.ile-Ned the adviee of his side-of the • t. • House, by sabthittnig the Con,ide.inion of the Or clefs le,Council to .1 Committee . a"f rade. - ' Of.this the delay that Itlci taken place in the proceeding on this - Bill' was a soilicieut prof. , ~ . ne ' CI-MA CILLOR if the ' EXCHEQOER assured the lion. .Gettilemno he .did not in the . • slightest degree regret not I,lls.i.ig accepted the a, vice so lavrain offei ed by the oppastie side of the House; ' advice preioaut with - . disadvantage to,' GoVernment dad prjuSice i o the Cdolory. The delay, it the pcoeu v rtings io the,Bill bad arisen from Circumstances . , not unclet his contralti. T Let the I{6n. Gentleman trace track the last three weeks, on every - night ' of which the d e bates had been protraCted to' so late an hour that it was impraaticable to prosecute - the Bill. During the last three weeks, there had • been on the ,avetage ten motions a weeki•originattng. lon the opposite side oh' the Hoece. Lot' the Lion. Geutknetit recur to the period when he/(Mr. Yerce val) w an on the Opposifidn ' Biiireli;° - 61:id" be - Wifibid find, that during that period dot so many motions had. ken brought forward by himself., and his fritO li, its had been brought forward by the Hdtiour-, able Gentlenian- and his friends in a• single 'week,. He then entered into a general defence of the Bill, which he contended was not in the leist more devoid of humanity than the Bill for prphibit ing the exportation of cotton wool, or any other Measure which must operate in the first instance most heavily upon the pour. of the enemy's country, and only circuitously on the Government, whom it 'Was most desirable to affeet. ' He repeated, thidthe evils would not be attributable to this country, for that the French Government would always nave it in thelr power to retriove . theni by ',Walling a reason ahle line ofeoncina. ,The peculiarly large quantities of bark Alm had been imported oflate yea's into this . Connny, was a proof that but small quantities had been imported into the Confineut, alai they were very much in want there of this 'article. But should that.not be the case, the 13il1 eontained a preiVision by, which the bark might he i mported Under ilicente from the Crown. Itir. IA SMITE argued at considerable leegth against the Bill, which he i'Anitended would ex end those.evils by which - war was rendered so'herrible, and would -tend to replunge the world into 'aattate of barbarism. There was a considerable ditlitrenie between prohibiting the exportation of cotton , woel, and prohibiting thy exportation of hark.. The raw material ef'manufa(t Ores every country hid' tight .to, prohibit,the exportalion of in time of peace, bat who ever heard Of prohibit ingihe exportation of. ale theine in, time-olpealce ? , Shrew to alt enemy aleae rum feeling, and yon may expea a reeiprhatty, of sentimentt: Suppose tills country should 'ch a nce, at some future period, to be in want of food ; if this Bill wore allowed to .pass,. would it nnt r .aoili(Ajie„ ant' even insure theproliihition by Vrance of the expert:. ation of corofrem the Continent to this country ? ', The , prohibition of bark was to extend tO.Spain, a country which suffered most severely frotOlpeeictlicat intermittent fevers, for W blab bark was thertaper re medy.. When-a British squadron lately was off Cadiz, boats came off daily to them with fresh fruits ,- ve- goiables, Sm. What a contrast did this present to Uie conduCt recommended by his Majesty's Nliois- aers l He deprecated the mode of . carryieg On a , kar bar .means of licences, which gave a power' ..into Ow hands of Geverinnent that ought very .catt flati4ly to lie cOtnninted to them, open as it. Was to . the auspiciph of abose.- . . , .. • , . , • A SP . IP. 4.4.F0R./Idefeededthe Bill. The .prie-, ,ciple op which it had: heen opposed .went to, this' .length,,that we °tight to tarn our, artillery. from the thwilY feufeu a bullet waian.least as fatal aS a dysentery., , We had a right to use r every means by which the ' Government of a 'hostile country might beiodueed . toCoticlutle. a reasonable peace. • . . A lember, whose eatnewe couid net learn i depre;-, bated - zoty fa stidious and iik founded refinements,, hy . which..the elfeet of the 'energetirc measures of •00 I..vetomeot nti.:;ht he destroyed i .-- likl r. . I U VII INGTOA entered ieto various cilcu ' kuj o e s . Ac t pluvo 1 h at .,ti ar k .ir k Erztece wa...ttQl_tit.Alk,' Inicef4tiit , id by. the RigAttrinion, LietWeil.loo,, 4114 1,1401., f o ~~i 1: ' 7 greate - r4hatithat upon which he had grounded his rea sonings. The principle of the Bill met with his most severe reprobation. It would °have been better to have withheld front the French the clothing which it was well known they had obtained' from thii Country. `Mr. Gottildikr defended the Bill. There was at present . a depiit of bark in this country equal to the consumption of three years; and lie was convinced that France, and the other tuitions of the Conti nent, must eventually resort to us for a supply of that article. Mr. HIMBRRT opposed the Bill. Genera' Nos . defended it, andexpressed bis hig-h approbation of the general conduct of his Majvy's Ministers. .L9lll MILTON reprobated the principle on which the Billprofebsed to proceed. The Ronk, then divided, For the Speaker's leaving - the Chair - ez Against it.- . - - - - - - . 29 Majority The Bill then passed through a Com►nittee, the Report of which was ordered to be received to-mor row. THE SPEAKER. Mr. Secretary CANA ING was desirous of put ting to an' Hon. Gentleman opposite, a question of considerable importance. He was sure the House must •alwaYs feel most powerfelly interested in What respected those who tilled their Chair, and more • particularly in the Right Hon. Person whinn he ten had the pleasure of addretsing, than by whom that 'Chair had never been more deservedly occupied.--= He wished to ask, whether that Right Hun. Goll tkman intended to pursue .the notice whirl) he bad given in an early part of the evening, of submittii.g to the consideration . of the House the cantina of the , Speler in enforcing their Orders ? Mr. TIERNEY -said, that he slid not mean to britig forward such a question, as he had the remedy in ht's own hands for preventing in future the eon thitiance' in the House of any Conversation such as that, da bad' etletts of whidli he had so sc?erely ex_ pemenced.•ln - the converatinn- to which be alluded, he bad:Certainly made some observations on the course, pursued by he Right Hon: Gentleman op p9site. An reply, the Chancellor of the Ekeht quer had charged hitu with ateons' -ency, arid althouji he knew-that the Ttight Hun. Uentletnan did this in perfea. good humour, y,A he felt necessity, far the, purpose of preventini, An cantle imprcssipn froth berng . Made • upon the pub.,e, to exculpate himself iran the ch,t.e. Li rising to do so, Itw.: ever, he was interrupted by the Skaker', being pleased to oOtter r , that there was nuviestion betore • the House; • Prom the commencement of the con versation there had been trio , qnestion before the Housq, but pis the, conversation • had continued for some time, and as the condita of an. individual wad implicated in it, he thoUght it would have been but fair. ri allgw Ina individual' the opportunity of exnat 4thig 'Waist:.i from the blame that was ate tachtAto him. But although. he complained ~that hardmeasures had been dealt ter him, he did.not in tend to submit to the House any question on the subject fur the Teams which he had beftite l•stated. , The CUAgCELLOA of 'ate EXCHEQUOR de t.iiled,ttiq circumstances attending the conversation, 'aififthrarr& t llat — Ttni - lrreghtitritrennunented • whit the , Right flonour t tlile Gentleman's .observations on he tern od the inconsistency of his Majesty's Ministers. lie felt it duty to tea Nine the charge, and here the .conveuz,alion was stopped, and-he conceived properly stopped, by the Chair. • • • • Mr. C4NA fiVa observed, that a conversation of that kind became irregular as soOn snit was formally taken notice of. By the obseteation of his Right. Hon. rriend (Mr. FUster), , who had said, that " theconVersation being at an end, he would move, &c." that notice had been taken and the speaker, in the itopartiel prosecution of his,duty, was emu.. gelled to prevent the Bight Hon. Gentleman from proceeding. • , . , Lord I'l. PETTY, expressed. a similar opinion. l'he SPE4KERaddreSled the House nearly in the folloWing tertils:--o r gy — ;mclutt having been brought bcture the judgment of the House, accom patilei With noiudislinct charge tA partiality, I trust I shall be , ektns'ied for ()tiering a few words to the -13.uuse on the subjed. it hap ever beeu the image or the „Huleie, and it has beau foetid a most contete piece t , iere, CO ,:.f:rnlit questions tc be , isSited; tend- ink; to teetrie - to the arrangement of business. ocorretice or this nature' took place to , day. Tim NohleLbrd put a quesoun toa•Right Hen. Gentl t tpen, to which question an answer was given.. An . Hoe. Gentleman then rose, whose knowledge of . the forms and customs, of therHouse induced me to ",presume,thai be•wotild not,pass beyond the ~littels whichtheoecesion prescribed. . 1 find ,no diffichlty ,:in saying, mire especially as that Hon.. t3entlemaa lido teileiell made the acktiowledgment,. that before tike termination: at' his 'address he did pass those limiti. The langnage which that Lion. Gentleman used, called up, a Right Hon. Gentleman on the op. pesite side, Who replied to him. At that motnelit several Hop. Getatlernere rose, Had that wh ic h then took place not Occurred, 1 frankly state I should have felt it .my duty to put, an end to the cOnVeria tion ) but when one of thePon. Gentlemen who rose distindly ,apok - e of thp conversation, no. choice , was lett the °tulle enhjed, 1 therefore interrupted the conversation, and on preueeding to read the Orders 'of the Day, a question being open, the Hon. Glen iceman **mein hieplace, and declared that which he had jest owed, This was the proceeding, ea liCetl. tately:as .1 can relate it to the House, 1 appeal to their Judgment whether my condutt is liable to the ' charge 'of partiality. It may be so, but if it is, 1 , own lain not coneciouts of it. . Having been four times raised by the tree choice of the House to the Chair which 1 now'occupy, and in which 1 have sit for seven ears, I have the coneolation to retied that this . is the fast time . that any impetatien of welt a nature has been asFribed tome. J hope that as long as it is the .pleasures of the House that I should (le cupy the 'honourable situation which 1 how held, 1 may remain free from suCli en itoeutation. It is for . the House tfa judge wle.ulier.lara so tree or not i an d it is fur tiuc oust; to deelate Whether they Will. in •, , . forum allow the centintiart:e at that usage which -. ar; given rise -to- the prLsent occurrence ,e when. 1 too heereacd,e'lLeitle;:ir pie:ll.lw is, it will to my duty to eoot . Offn to those tooti uaie w , all 4 to ou'r u - rc, Ata ~, t~. w: